Kind a’ floating along

I was going to write about a really strange earworm I had for the first half of last week and tie that into other music and perfume but it didn’t happen (earworm was Uptown Funk – the best line in… Continue Reading

Bond No 9 Chinatown

I don’t recall why Chinatown popped into my head recently. I don’t own it and my treasured sample is long gone. But it did. So, we’ll go down that rabbit hole today. Bond No 9 as a perfume house had… Continue Reading

Baking?

I stopped watching The Great British Bake Off when it moved from the BBC and Mary Berry et al left. I realise that is probably silly, but I feel like Paul Hollywood was the least of the programme. I do… Continue Reading

Five things

We’re in our third lockdown and only allowed out for exercise, dog walking, and things like food shops (and all must be very local – I do get grocery deliveries once every two weeks, but everything else comes from local,… Continue Reading

Farewell … and … we’ll see

We saw out the last few days of 2020 in a mostly relaxed mode. My wonderful yoga teacher offered a class early morning on the 30th, which was very well attended. All kinds of twists and balances to ready us… Continue Reading

The year that was. The year that will be?

I hope everyone celebrating/marking Christmas had an enjoyable day. I didn’t grow up with the holiday – I think I got my first tree around age 28 at my then-husband’s suggestion – and I think I see it more from… Continue Reading

Etat Libre d’Orange Spice Must Flow … and Mon Tableau

The 21st is winter solstice. It gets lighter from here … hopefully, in all kinds of ways. I said last Monday I would be more cheerful in today’s post and that just happens to have come true. Thankfully. But first… Continue Reading